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The 2009 M.I.T. Energy Conference included solar, small wind, cellulosic biofuels and, oh my... better batteries, fuel cells, nukes and algae!
March 12, 2009 | 3
GreenFuel Technologies —a company created by M.I.T. researchers—proposes to use carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants to grow algae that can be turned into biodiesel or even food....[More]
A123Systems —a Watertown, Mass., company created in 2001 from technology developed at M.I.T.—offers improved lithium ion batteries, the same chemistry used to power a laptop, to run cars....[More]
Biofuels from plants not already grown as crops—such as the switchgrass shown here—offer a superior alternative to corn. Even better: biofuels made from lignin and cellulose, the waste materials of harvested crops, which were the focus of much research on display (or presented) at M.I.T.'s 2009 Energy Conference....[More]
By incorporating solar cells into the top of a trash compactor, Big Belly Solar has created a new urban garbage solution that has already survived four years on the mean streets of Flushing in Queens, N.Y....[More]
M.I.T. students have converted a 1976 Porsche 914 to run on 18 lithium phosphate batteries from Valence Technology....[More]
Redesigning windows and partitions to let daylight penetrate deeper into buildings—so-called daylighting—could cut energy use significantly, thereby saving greenhouse gas emissions....[More]
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are already in use on buildings from New York City to San Francisco and could save some $280 billion in energy costs over their lifetimes, according to Philips Electronics, their manufacturer....[More]
Nuclear power may play a role in delivering electricity relatively free of the climate-altering greenhouse gases emitted by burning coal. In fact, Mujid Kazimi, director of M.I.T.'s Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, notes that nuclear power produces one ten-thousandth of the solid waste of coal (although nuclear waste is more "radiotoxic") and requires one one-thousandth the amount of land compared with renewables like solar or wind per given unit of electricity produced....[More]
Photovoltaics (PV) are getting cheaper and more rugged, like the Genasun system pictured here, which can deliver electricity from the sun in remote locations....[More]
Electricity produced from wind turbines is the fastest growing renewable energy source in the world today. Turbine designs have been optimized for size and generation, from the massive three-megawatt turbines produced by Vestas and GE to the small-scale windmills suitable for a streetlight offered by Deerpath Energy ....[More]
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Net Loss: How We Continually Forget What the Oceans Really Used to Be Like [Excerpt]
Is Global Warming Cooler than Expected?
Prehistoric Climate Change May Have Encouraged Human Innovation
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Thawing Tundra May Produce Less CO2
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Add CommentAlong with the big wigs, the developing nations should also volunteer - if not in research, at least in implementing proven technologies like wind and solar power. If not for this, no one can even save our planet !
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisNothing on HVDC transmission? Can hardly believe it. It's just what we need to smash the CArbo-Nuclear Crack Energy Racket (CANCER).
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisAt least this is evidence that creative, capable and canny minds are really trying to Bring On Our Best Science (BOOBS).
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisFrom: Amrit <noaa.mehra@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: FW: restoring plankton
To: ghemerick@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:48 PM
Mr. Hemerick,
Thank you for your contacting Dr. Jane Lubchenco about the well-being of our oceans. She appreciates hearing from you and learning of your views on the uses of plankton.
Dr. Lubchenco is honored that President-elect Obama has selected her for the extremely important job of NOAA Administrator, and she appreciates the outpouring of support and interest. She is working hard to transition out of her current job and prepare for Senate confirmation.
Sincerely,
Amrit Mehra
NOAA Administrator-Designee Confirmation Team
Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Hemerick [mailto:ghemerick@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:42 PM
To: Lubchenco, Jane
Subject: restoring plankton
Dr Lubchenco, I have been collecting, and growing
plankton since 1960* i have been releasing pure
cultures of identified plankton, by government
request, and with government permission since
2006**... Release of plankton has always been
followed by desired events, such as prompt, predicted
return of life to dead zones. *** I would like to
see other scientists encouraged to try an
experimental release of food-chain plankton into
barren regions of the ocean. i have also released
freshwater plankton into streams to keep toxic
substances out of oceans.****
glen hemerick, 15871 peacock hill rd se, olalla, wa
98359 phone 253-857-7225 ghemerick@yahoo.com,
themerick@hotmail.com, ghemerick@harbornet.com
***
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hi%2C+tuesday+sept+5%2C2006%2C+i+released+lincoln+city+winter+marine+phytoplankton+culture+from+mo%27s+pier
+at+51st+st+%2Clincoln+city%2C+or%2C+usa%2C+into+your+dead+zone&btnG=Goo
gle+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=++hi%2C+tuesday+sept+5%2C2006%2C+i+released+lincoln+city+winter++you+will+see+fish+seals&btnG=Google+Search
*
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hemerick+benoit+engineering&btnG=Go
ogle+Search
**http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=++food+chain++ostreococcus++micromonas&btnG=Google+Search
** "Ultican, Shawn" ultics@health.co.kitsap.wa.us
wrote: Mr. Hemerick My name is Shawn UItican, and I
coordinate the local shellfish monitoring program for
the Kitsap County Health District. I'm interested in
learning more about your idea. Please explain the
technique you would use to eradicate the plankton
that produces Paralytic Shellfish Poison, or "red
tide", from Hood Canal. In addition, please explain
how your technique works to target a particular
species of plankton. Please keep in mind that any
"treatment" of waterbodies in Washington state, even
with beneficial intent, will likely require permits
and a review and approval process prior to any work
being done. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards, Shawn Ultican Kitsap County Health
District Water Quality Program TEL (360) 337-5622
FAX (360) 337-5291
From: Glen Hemerick
: Monday, October 02, 2006 4:56 PM
To: Whitford, Stuart;
ultics@health.co.kitsap.wa.us
Stuart, Shawn, Thanks ,much for visiting. while
you were here my machine recorded a phone call from
Laurie Levanter, WA Ecology, 425-649-7039. i
returned her call and she said we "do not need
permits for small volumes like 30 gallons. "...
"Whitford, Stuart"
whitfs@health.co.kitsap.wa.us wrote: sounds good to
us. sw
****
http://research.myfwc.com/features/view_article.asp?id=9670
--
Amrit Mehra
NOAA Administrator-Designate Confirmation Team
Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
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